The High Line Blog

American Coneflower in bloom below the Diller-von Furstenberg Sundeck.
Feeling under the weather? According to High Line gardener Kyla Dippong, the park is a "veritable pharmacy." Many of Section 1's 210 species of plants offer simple remedies, quite a few of which were used by Native A...
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American Coneflower in bloom below the Diller-von Furstenberg Sundeck.
Feeling under the weather? According to High Line gardener Kyla Dippong, the park is a "veritable pharmacy." Many of Section 1's 210 species of plants offer simple remedies, quite a few of which were used by Native A...
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An aerial shot, taken from the Standard Hotel. Photo by Iwan Baan.
This weekend, the New York Times ran a profile of international architectural photographer Iwan Baan. Iwan took a beautiful series of High Line photos in our first season, and we agree that there's something groundbreakin...
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Video journalist Larry Closs visited the High Line this fall and put together this lovely little travel piece. He highlights some of the park's most popular features, and talks with Co-Founder Robert Hammond about the inspiration behind the park.
Enjoy!
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The staff of Friends of the High Line was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Clare Weiss, the Parks Department's Curator of Public Art, on January 11, 2010. During her tenure at Parks from 2005 to 2009, Clare helped organize 128 outdoor public art exhibitions, as well as 36 exhibits at the...
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Workers pour screed concrete over a layer of wire mesh. Photo by Tim Schenck.
Section 2 construction is on a roll!
If you visit the park and peer through the chain-link fence at 20th Street, you'll notice some work happening on the surface of the High Line in the blocks to the north. The...
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New space for the 30th Street Entrance.Photo by Patrick Cullina.
The latest on the High Line's next section: the construction team recently removed FOURTEEN TONS of steel up at 30th Street to make way for the future stairs and elevator.
When Section 2 opens, 30th Street will be the northe...
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A rendering by the artist.
We're pleased to announce an upcoming piece in our High Line Art program, an ongoing series of commissions and collaborations. This May, a new work entitled Viewing Station will debut by artist Richard Galpin, who is best known for his altered and abstract photograph...
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Boot-modeling at the Tenth Avenue Square.
To help our us get through the long, cold, and sometimes wet hours on the High Line this winter, the lovely folks at Swedish company Tretorn have donated several pairs of their warm and rugged rubber boots to our Maintenance & Operations and Admini...
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Maeve Turner using the Dosatron (affectionately named "Dosie"by the Horticulture staff) to apply compost tea to specific areas of the High Line.
Maeve, one of our five full-time gardeners, has been on staff since the High Line's opening this past June. Originally from England, Maeve grew...
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